Major power outage caused by quarter-acre fire in Buellton Tuesday

BUELLTON, Calif. – Firefighters responded to a quarter-acre vegetation fire due to downed power lines near Pamela Way and Industrial Way in Buellton Tuesday.

No injuries or structure damage was reported for the downed power lines that caused multiple fires according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

Forward progress of the flames was stopped at 6:12 p.m. shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

A power outage was reported in the area near this fire response showing 2,542 customers without power detailed the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's outage map .

PG&E representatives now report that just a few hundred customers remain without power and the issue should be resolved by early tomorrow morning.

A majority of customers affected were in the Buellton area though a few hundred are in the Lompoc area.

This is an evolving emergency fire response and more information will be added to this article as it becomes available.

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